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Macon, July 22, 1
A tood Example-
Bro. Brantly .—By a resolution
passed at a moi ling of Wesleyan Sec-
I inn, No. 72, Cadet* of Temperance, on
Friday tihjlit, the 13th int., 1 was re
quested to prepare a brief statement of
the circumstances attending the forma
tion of tliin Section, its progress and
present condition; and I now under
take the pleasing task with a hope that
you will, by its publication, gratify cm !
encourage those faithful Hud devoted
Cadets who also founded the Section,
and have raised it to its present noble,
and elevated position.
The first Section in the State w aa or
ganized in this city under the name of
Williford, Section, in honor of that en
thusiastic and sturdy pillar of the T< iu
perance cause, VV . iS. VV illif ml. I his
Section had seasons of alternate prosper
ity and adversity for the first years of;
of its existence. About 18 months ago, j
a difficulty arose in which u question ■
of conscience was involved. A small I
number of the members thought it limit
duty to abandon Williford Section. — ;
Not wishing to abandon the cause of,
temperance, tint to cease their conn< \-
ion with the order, they ri solved to at- !
tempt the formation of anew Section.;
They accordingly, by great oxer
tions, procured a sufficient number of
names ; applied for n charier, received j
one, and went to work. They met with
but little encouragement or f.iyir. A
failure was predicted —and a failure it j
would have been, hut lor the untiring j
energy and unflagging zeal ntanifi • 'cl
by the members. But, disregarding!
ail discouragements, and with a deter
mination to overcome all obstacles, they ;
continued to hold their little mii tings,
and to labor for tho advancement of the |
interest of the Section. Wh t his been :
the result l While the Sons of Jcm
perance hero have been in a langm .-h
----ing, almost torpid condition —while the
Cadets genera!! v are in pruty much :1k
Fame state —and while there seem., to
be a general apathy on the subject in
almost every part of the State—Wesley
mi Section has continued to increase in
numbers and influence. 1 believe it is
now the most flourishing and perhaps
the largest Section in Georgia. And j
nil this simply because its members,
have not been afraid lo work. The j
meetings nro well attended and cons ant
accessions aro being made. Much
good has been, and must bo done.
As I hinted before, these facts should
teach all lovers of the Temperance
cause the necessity of labcu—faithful,
persevering labor —if they hope to nr
rest the tide of intemperance wuich is
sweeping over the land, and to free our
country from its blighting effects.—
These boys have set an example, which,
if followed by all the temperance people
in our State, would do more lor the
suppression of liquor-selling atul liquor
drinking than other means, except the
Maine law.
Wesleyan Section manifests a dispo
sition to hold on to what they hove at
tained, and to press forward with undi
minished zoal, and they call upon all
their sister Sections to come up with
new zeal to tho glorious work, and
hopes that she will have unlive compel
ilors for the honor of being the banner
Section of the State.
Yours in L. P. & F.
O. P FITZGEUAf.D, A. P.
Columbus, Aug. 1 Oth. 1852.
To the Officers and members of Cliattn
hoochee Division, No. 17, S. of T.
The undersigned committee appoint
ed at a regular meeting of the Division,
on the 31st nit., to report upon the pro
priety of tuking steps to procure the
passage of a law authorizing the order
to wear a dress regalia, whenever a
public display is necessary, or on such
occasions as the National Division may
deem expedient, beg leave to offer the
following report:
in arriving at a conclusion, in re
gard to the expediency of recommend
ing a change in the regalia of the order,
we have been governed solely by
what we conceived to be for the best
interests of the Sons of Temperance, as
a body, without regard to personal pref
erence or predilection—believing that
the good of the order is alone to be con
suited in the proposed change. After
maturely considering the matter, and
carefully weighing the probable effects,
‘jkelv to be produced upon the order,
both ns regards our present and prospec
tive membership, your committee
have unanimously come to the determi
nation to advise the Division to tuke
such steps as may be necessary lose
cure the adoption of u dress regalia bv
the order of the Sons of Temperance,
to be used as may be prescribed by the !
power granting the authority. We are
induced to make ’.his recommendation
for the following reasons:
First: Because the world generally.’
and men in particular, like display in
nil public demonstration, end are natu
rally attracted towards that body or as
social ion that excels in this particular :
and although,’tis true, that each color
and emblem worn by the members ot j
other benevolent societies of the day—
particularly odd-fello\vs and masons—
either inculcates some duty, or is de
signed to illustrate some great moral
principle—known only to the initiated-,
still there is a pow er in their exhibition,
w hich attracts to their ranks, not only
the admiration of the world, hot all mem
bers (Sons) who belong to rival ussocia
lions. Now however humiliating a
knowledge of this fact be to those who’
are associated together for the accom
plishment of anv great good, who care’
not for the paraphernalia and display at- j
oran ok the sons ok tkmi-i:i;am:k and state tEiMREHance convention
! tendent on public occasion*, still, hi*
trm*, that in all mir public celebrations.
I where the different societies are celled
! upon to participate, those of our ( rd.-r
) holding membership in th ’se organiza
tions, almost in’ nobly leave the S in
land turn out in he ranks ol their rivals,
i lfcuu-.es exist o’her thin the one su:r
igested, tending to produce this prefer-1
jenee, we are uuahlelo discover in what ,
i that cause consi-is. There certainly
‘■ does it. t i xist in our country an organ- |
iziti .n having a more noble object in j
I view, or one having stronger claims on
; the admiration—not to say gratitude j
iof iho communities where they exist,
I than the orde r of the Sons of ITmper-!
anne. Wo far, tlr refore, from its being I
c...iisid- red u degredution to be seen in
its ranks on public occasions, it should
he, and we believe is by all true .Sons, j
deemed an honor, of which they have a I
right to he proud. If then this be true.:
why is it that . ranks nr. .*. often
I tinned, by our m others joining these !
| other societies w henever tiiev are cull. I
cdout together ? To our mines ’tis j
I pluiu.
It may he tint men do not join lltt.se j
j associations for me role puree:-,•: of 1
I wearing the fine regalia of the order—!
iit would probably be unjust to assert
j this—but there is little doubt but that;
;the rich trappings and ensignu of office j
of some of our benevolent orders, ex-j
j ert a powerful collateral influence both
j tis regurdo their membership and the
j public ; ’tis the cohesive power t lint
i holds their members together, and at-1
tracls from with out, icciuits to their
| ranks.
Second: Wo would advise a dress
; regalia for the reason, that Hie one now
I worn by the Sons, is lar inferior to that
!of any benevolent order in our midst, I
arid that in consequence, the attendance I
of our membership is vary much re - j
duced, ns is clearly demonstra
ted on <\‘ ry public occasion in which
we participate. So far as rnir knowl
edge extends, all otlu r societies tiiat
have adopted regalias ut nil, have a
working and a dress regulia. This hus
beo i foun I both necessary arid expedi
ent. Our present regalia is admirably
adapted for a working regalia and
should he used exclusively in tlie Di
vision room.
Without making any suggestions in
regard to what wo would deem best
suited for a dress regalia, we cannot
but express the belief, that one can be
devised, suitable to our wants, which
shall he such ns shall he within the
reach of every member of the order.
We therefore offer the following res
olulions :
Ist. Resolved, By Chattahoochee Di
vision, No. 17, S. of TANARUS., that in the
opinion of this it is desirable
and expedient that the order of the
Sons of Temperance should have u
dress regalia, as soon as the same can
he effected.
2 ml. Resolved, Tlml in order lo bring
this matter before tho Sons throughout
the State, tho foregoing report resolu
tions he he forwarded to the “Temper
ance Banner” for publication, with a
request that the Divisions instruct their
representatives to the next Grand Di
vision, to bring the subject before that
body, and if deemed advisable, to peti
tion the National Division to adopt the
recommendation.
All of which is respectfully submitt. and.
C. E. MIMS, .
G. W. LIVELY, } Com.
VV. G. CLEMONS. )
Please Slop my Paper ”
“1 am going to stop my paper,” said
u miserly subscriber to a newspaper,
to one of his neighbors, ‘‘l cannot afford
to take it.”
“How much does it cost you a year?”
asked the neighbor.
“Two dollars and a halt,” was the
reply.
“Ami cant you afford two dollars and
a half a year? Think of it, only two
dollars mid a half a year! A year is a
longtime. Perhaps you have only a
few such to spend here on earth. A
year! a whole year! and only two dol
lars and a half a year! And what do
you get for your money ? A large,
closely | rinter! useful sheet; giving you
the new softhe week, mid large amount J
j of miscellaneous reading—philosophical
and grave, and humorous—And you
cant afford two dollars lor such a paper
a whole year.”
“Well, 1 declare, neighbor you talk
like an experienced man. I never
thought of it in just that light before, it
is only two dollars and a half for u year,
land yet the paper comes tome every
week, and 1 love to read it; 1 always
] find something in it that is interesting I
to me. And, moreover, on second
thought, 1 perceive that, after all, a good
j newspaper is about the cheapest tiling,
1 man can have, lie gets more reading j
for Ins money than he can in any ether
way.”
“True neighbor, and this shows, that j
what 1 have already said, is true; news
: papers seem to he designed almost ex
| clusivuly for the poor. No man is too
! poor to take a good newspaper because
j it is the cheapest tiling he can have.”
Thk Morning. —The sweetness of
the morning is perhaps its least charm.
It is the renewed vigor it implants in
j nil around that affects us—man, atii
| muls, birds, plants, vegetation, flowers.
1 Refreshed and soothed with sleep, man :
i opens his lieart; he is alive to nature
i and nature's God, and his mind is more
intelligent because more fresh. Ilu
’ stems to drink of the duo like flowers, I
i and feel • the same reviving effect.
Excellent Maxims
The following is a copy of the prin
ted slip found in tho pocket of the ven
erable Stephen Allen, drowned in ‘be
. recent steamboat di- <ster on the Hud
-on river:
“Keep good company or none. Nev
er be idle. If y6u r hands cannot bej
usefully employed, attend lo the cultivu
j tion of your mind. Always speak the
truth. Make few promise:! Live up
!to your engagements. Keep your own
j secrets, if you have any. When you
i speak to a person look him in the face.
Good company and good conversation
are tho verv sinews of virtue. G ot
[character is above all things else.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts. If
any one speaks evil of you. 1.1 your life
!he so that none will believe him.
Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.!
Ever live (misfortunes excepted,) with
in your income. When you retire to;
bed, think over what you have been j
i doing during the day. Make no baste
jto get rich ifyou would prosper. Small ;
and steady gains give comnet.-vicy with
, tranquillity of mind. Never [day at
, any kind of game of chan - Avmu
temptation, through fear you may not
[withstand it. Never run into and. bt un
! less you see a way to gel out again.
Do not mnrry until vou are able t >sup
j port a wife. Never speuk evil of any
one. Be just before vou are generous.
Keep yourself innocent if you would
be linppy. Save when you are
i young, to spend when you are old.
Never borrow, if you can possibly, a
void it. Head over the above max’ re;
one.’ a week.”
A Bear Fight.—The Portland Vr
gu.s contains the following accout rs a
heai light, which transpi ed in Andov-r. 1
Nmth Surplus, Oxfordcomity, Maine, j
! on Thursday last :
As Eructus Bean, a young man of
twenty years, was haying in his field, I
accompanied by a boy uftwelve, minted i
Dunn, be looked up and saw near him
a largo black bear of the white faced!
breed, (tho most savage of the black v
rioty.) Having taken bis gun with film
to shoot partridges, lie caught it up and i
fired at the brute, but with little effect, j
ns the bear immediately began to clo- 1
upon him. Bean fell back slowly,;
loading lis gun the meantime, when,!
just as be bad got his charge in, his Ire! .
caught against a twig and he f. II back- j
wards, and bruin leaped upon him.— j
I lis situation now was a frightful one ; |
but bis coolness did not forsake him,!
and he immediately fired again, but
with no vissible effect. The irar at;
once went to vvoik, seizing his left arm, j
biting through it, and lacerating it so- 1
verely- While thus amusing himself,’
lie was tearing with his fcepuws the i
clothes, and scratching the fle.-h on the ;
young man’s b'east.
Having dropped his arm, iie opened ,
his huge mouth to make a pounce at I
his face. Then it was that the young
man mude the dash that saved his life, j
As the opened his jaws, Bean thrust his j
leceruted arm down the brute’s throat
ns far as desperation would enable him.
There be bud him. The bear could;
neither retreat nor advance, though the’
position ol the besieged was any tiling
but agreeable on so warm a day as 1
Thursday last.
Bean iidw called upon the lad to I
come and take from his pocket a jack- i
knife and open it. Tho bov was a (it-;
ting companion for this brave young:
man. lie marched up to the work |
boldly. But before bo could get at tho ’
pocket lie hud to crowd the bear’s head!
over a little to get at—tho beast mean
time not being at all easy with such a 1
huge mouthful in his throat. Having!
got the knife, Bean with his untram
melled hand, cut the bear’s throat from
ear to ear, killing him stone dead while
he lay on his body !
11. then drew the beast off’, notified
his friends, bad ids wounds dressed, and
is now comfortable. It is judged the
bear weighed nearly four hundred
pounds.! One of his paws, which our
informant saw, weighed two pounds
eleven ounces.
Fashionable Maimers.
There is a set of people whom I can
not bear—the pinks of fashionable pro
priety —whose every word is precise,
and whose every movement is imex
ceptionuble; hut who, versed in all the
polite categories of polite behavior, have
not a particle of soul or of cordiality ü
bout them. We allow that their man
ners may be abundantly correct. Tiiera
may be elegance in every gesture, and
gracefulness in every position, not a
smile out of place, and not a step that
would no! bear the measurement of
the severest scrutiny. This is very
line; but what 1 want is the heart and
gaiety of social intercourse —the frank
ness that spreads animation around it—
the eye that speaks afl'abilily to nil, that
chases timidity from every bosom, ami
tells everv man in the company to he
couti.lent and happy. this is uhit i
conceive to be the virtue of the text,
“Be courteous, and not the sickening
formality’ ot those who walk by rule,
and would reduce the whole of hu
man life to a system of misery and con
straint.—-Dr. Chalmers.
The human heart is like a feather bed
—it must be roughlv handled, well-sha
ken. exposed to a variety of turns, to
prevent its becoming hard.
Mrs. Spekles says ihe best vegetable
pill yet invented is an apple dumpling;
for destroying a gnawing at t lie stom
ach, it is a pill winch may ah’ y* be
relied on.
Forms of Salutation.
Most modem forms of salutation and
eiviiitv are derived from chivalry, or
a; leas’ from war, atul they all betoken
some difference, as from a conquered
perron to the conqueror; just as in pri
vate life we stiff continue to sign our
selves the very humble servants of our
correspondent. The uncovered bead
was simply the lead unarmed; the hel
met being removed, the party was at
mercy. So the hand ungloved was the
Land ungauntleted; and to this day it is
an incivilty to shake hands with gloves
on. Shaking hands itsc-lf was but a
token of truce, in which the parties took
hold each of the other’s weapon-hand,
to make sure against treachery. So
also the gentleman’s bow is but an of
fer of the neck to the stroke of the ad
versary; so the lady’s curtesy is but
the form of going on her knees for mer
cy.--Tit • general principle is marked
as it ought naturally to be, still snore
strungly in the case of military salutes.
Why is a discharge of guns a salute?
Because it leaves the guns empty, and
at the mercy of the opponent. —And
this is s> true, that the saluting with;
blank cart ridge is a modern invention.
Formerly, salutes were fired by dis
charging the cannon balls, an I there j
have been instances in which tho eutn
plim mt has been nearly fatal to the
visitor whom it meant to honor. —When
the office sulutes, he points the drawn,
sword to the ground; an I the saluted
the troops is, even at tin’s day, called
“presenting arms”—that is, presenting
them to be taken. There are several
other details, both of social and milita
ry salutation; of all countries, which
might he produced; but 1 have said
enough to indicate the true principle. —
Notes and Queries.
Things to be Found Out. —Nature
is not exhausted. Within her fertile
bosom there may be thousands of sub
stance:-, yet known, us precious as the
only recen 1.• found gutta pi rcha. To
doubt this would he to repudiate the log
ical inference afforded by the whoie
history of the firth. Corn and grapes,
excepted, nearly all our staples in veg.
(table food are of comparatively mod
c-rn discoverv. S >ciety had a long ex
i tei.ee without tea, cotton, sugar, and
potatoes. Who shall say there is not a
more nutritious pfant. than the sugar
cane—a finer root than the potato- —a
more useful tree than the cotton? Bu
rii and wealth lies everywhere in the bow
els of the earth.
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SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Pledge of tl<; Sons of Tomjx*- ’
l Usaee.--l, without reserve, solemnly pledge I
my honor as a man that I will net titer make, buy, I
-■ 11 nor use, as a beverage , any Spirituous or j
.Halt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of the ftriind Division.!
.L. M’Clkskey, G. W. P. Monroe. j
caro, G. VV. A. Forsyth, j
W. 8. Wii.liford, G. Scribe, Macon. {
15. 0. (itiANNiss, G. Treasurer, „ j
.1. H. Evans, (J. Chaplain, „ j
1). E. Blount, G- Conductor, Clinton.
J. D. llavis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
Office of the Grand Division, )
Macon, Aug. 19th, 1852. £
Nomination of D.ti. W. P's.
The attention of Subordinate Divisions j
is particularly requested to the annexed res-!
olutions passed by the Grand Division:
“Resulted, That each county in the State j
containing one or more Divisions, shall form j
a District, to ho numbered and entitled to a
D. G. \V. P.
Resolved, That the respective Divisions \
in each county he requested at their first
meeting in October annually to nominate a
suilatile brother for the otliee of D. G. \V. P.
in their District, and immediately thereafter
forward such nomination to the office of
the Grand Scribe—who shall furnish the
same to the G. W. P. who may he elected
at tile succeeding meeting of the Grand Di
vi>ion.”
TV. S. WILLIFORD, G. S.
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.
PLEDGE.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use
. a beve’vge.-iny spirituous or malt liquors
wine or cider.
Officers of the Grand Section.
J. W. Benson, G. I*. Macon.
B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown.
L. C. Simson, G. 8. &T. Atlanta.
Rev. J. 8. \\ ilson, (i. C. Decatur.
8. M. 11. By at), G. G. Oxford.
W. P Ring, G. W. Thomaston.
S. o. of KecWmbitos.
Officers of Georgia Disk Tent, No. 28, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
Jo in R. Smith, 1). P. C. R. Washington,
C. U. Hanleiter, 1). C.U. Atlanta,
Rev. G. G. Nonnan.l). D. R. Washington
A. H. Sneed, D. R. 8. „
15. 11. O’Neal, D. F. S. „
L. F. Carrington, D. T. „
G. \V. Hancock, D, L. ~
i.ccluibite's Pledge.
I hereby declare, thnt I will abstain from nil
intoxicating liquors, and will not give, nor otfer
! them to others, except in religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, in gout faith, by a medi
cal practitioner ; I will not eiig .ge in the traf
fic of thorn, and in ali suitable ways will dis
counienance the use, sale mid manufacture ot j
them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will I
endeavor lo spread the principles <>i ihsftnence
‘rout all intoxicating liquors
I BANimro.
PCMFIELDi SEPT. 4, 1852.
. NOTION. —Subscribers recei
ving their papers with a straight black
mark, are thereby notified that they are
;in arrears. One mark indicates one
dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please
remit the amount at once by mail, with
! out waiting for other opportunity.
i
- Summer of 1852.
We have just closed tho last days of tho
I month which is usually reckoned last among
the summer months ot tnoyoar. V\ e know
not what September may have in reserve lor
! us,but if the past be a criterion, we think
; that the present year will be remern
! bered for its agreeable summer. ”he tem
! perature has generally been delightful.—
! Rarely have we ever had more than a day of
! oppressive weather at any one time. In nd
; diiion to this, the labors of the husbandman
! have been crowned with an almost unexam
pled rewind. Such mercies should surely
j .‘ill our hearts with gratitude to the Giver of
I all good. How appropriately may we say
I with the sweet singer of Israel, “Bless the
Lord, O, my soul and forget not all hisben-
AiioUier wartiiaig.
Some months ago, we published an ac- j
count of a Republican, who left Ills home to i
visit a neighboring town. On his arrival he
indulged in “potations,” whether “pottle
! deep” or not, we did not learn, but deep
enough to obfuscate his \i.-ion, disturb his
intellectuals, and pervert his morals; for
under the influence of his Alcoholic Majesty
he committed such extravag: nee* of con
duct as subjected him to ilie c ustody of le
gal officers, and caused him to suffer some
what under the just administration of the
penal laws of his country. We then in
dulged the hope that the warning the indi
vidual received, might be especially benefi
cial to him,as well as to the public in gen
eral.
In tliis hope we have been disappointed.
An old adage declares that “Experience is a
hard school to learn in, but fools will learn
in no other.’’ We will add that “he is a
wise man who will lean: in that.” But our
Republican did not profit by the hard lesson,
he was compelled to take. Not very long
since, he mounted his nag, and visited the
town, which had witnessed alike his crime &
punishment. V* hat other business he trans
acted we know not, but he did not fail in Ids
devotion to the Majesty of liquor, and as
the shades of evening drew on, inviting the
fowl to his roost, tiie beast to his lair, Man
to his repose, and even the Drunkard to bis
j bed, our adventurer, boozy wi ll draughts of
| whiskey and odorous with its fumes, was
j wending his way to the home which his vice
j had desecrated. As he descended the hill
1 of Hard labor, (i lit rd work indeed to him,) j
|he was met by a dark colored individual
I who, in consequence of the Republican’s
liquorish tooth, was able easily to lob him
ot all the casii he had along with him,
amounting to dimes enough,even in the late
period of high prices, to put a considerable
pile in a corn-crib. Whether the dark col
ored individual was a negro or a white man
disguised, we do not know; public opinion
supposes the former. A any rate the Re
! publican lost bis money ; it was in conse
quence of being drunk. Justice, which is
| bound to protect the drunkard as well as the
i sober, tails in her obligation, because the
! state of tatuity to widen liie drunkard was
! reduced,disabled him from giving the nec
essary information. All that he knew
; about it was that whereas he once had mon
ey, now the money was gone, and he reck
oned it was somebody’s negro had got it.
He lias had warningjiumber 2. In tiie first,
| liquor made him a criminal and the law pun
i ‘shed him. In the second, liquor made him
. a victim to a criminal, and the law failed
; both to protect and to avenge him. Shall
j the second warning fail and he go on
| drinking till, like Old Dobson, he gets his
j third warning and faths before the Destroyer?
Who hath contentions ? Who hath bab
bling? Who hath wounds without a cause?
Who hath redness of eyes? The passen
gers on one of our Rail Roads, the other
day, could easily have answered the ques
tion. As the Engine drew near the station,
a crowd was seen in front of a doggery, and
so deeply interested were they in the scene
before them, that even the shrill whistle, and
i the lumbering engine, and, the teeming ear,
lost their general power of attraction. The
nucleus of the crowd was a quarrel between
a couple of the dramshop devotees. Here
stood one fellow, with long and shaggy
hair, clotted with dirt and face begrimed
with fith, gesticulating, ripping, roaring,
cavorting, and charging about as if like a
young earthquake lie would swallow up his
] antagonist, whose only advantage in ap
pearance was that his shorter hair made
more manifest the dirt on his face, and the
i liquor and fury in his eyes. The crowd of
j compeers was looking on with interest, but
: as the ears drove up many was the shout of
derision and the laugh of contempt that
hailed the fierce combatants. Old men,
i youthsand fair ladies looked out & laughed
, at tic* motliy scene and the ridiculous hero
ism of the grog-shop bullies. We kept,
j ourseats and mused and mourned in si
j lcnce. These brutish and degraded crea
tures were men, formed in the image of God,
j made a little lower than the angels, but alas!
, through the seeking out of many inventions,
how are they fallen! how fallen, too, are
they who take pleasure ineheeiing them on
in their folly and crime, and degradation ?
Vet this very career of vice and contempt
is the inevitable result of laws fostered and
msintaimd by the moral and uptight, and
virtuous of the land? llow long shall
these scenes be ‘
Can the Temperance cause be
promoted by Legislation ?
This question is daily growing in impor
tance. Heretofore some of the most stren
uous advocates have frowned upon every
effort to invoke the power of law for the
suppression of the evils which they have
deplored. They have thought that penal
enactments for the abolition of the liquor
traffic would involve the question with poli
tics and create a sympathy for those who
would be regarded by many as injuriously
treated. At the same time they have sup
posed that the evasions of law which would
be resorted to, would render the statute
practically useless. Legal restrictions being,
in their judgment, impolitic, and impractica
ble, they have preferred the long-tried ex
pedient of moral suasion.
This class, though orignally numerous,
has been constantly diminishing and it is
but occasionally that we meet with any per
sons whose opinions are entitled to much
consideration espousing the view of the
subject to which we have just referred.—
The views presented at the recent meeting
of the State Temperance Convention are,
we have no doubt, the views of the great
body of the friends of Temperance through
out the State. We believe that the time
has now come in the history of this Refor
mation when something stronger than mor
al force is requisite to carry our efforts to
i the most desirable results. In this good
work we have active opponents—men
wiiosc profits, whose comforts, whose sub
si -ter.ee. depend upon the sale of intoxicating
liquors. Break up their business and you
destroy the means to which they have re
sorted for the support of themselves and
their families. It is not of course to be
opposed that Midi men could be effectually
reached by moral means. Men will not al
low to these their proper force when such
pressing interests are invaded by theircon
sicii ration. It is obvious that the only kind
of suasion which van be effective in their
ca e, is that which is sustained by compul
sion. Men wil! not r linguish a business
vhich bus afforded support to themselves
and families, unless compelled by law.
Again, liter ■ is a large class of consumers
who are so completely the slaves of appe
tite, that they cannot be reached by any or
dinary measures. Stupified as the intellect
has become wi’h strong drink, warped by
passion ns are rll their inoral perceptions,
all the arguments and exhortations which
you may address them, produce no lasting
impression. The only hope of reforming
thein is to remove from then) the tempta
tion which it is tiie interest of the liquor
vender constantly to keep before them.—
You must make it impossible, or at least
very difficult for them to procure the means
of gratifying their appetites. You maybe
unsuccessful after all, but the probability of
success is much more encouraging than
when easy access can be had to the fatal
beverage.
The impraciicability of enforcing the law
on the event of its enactment, is no argument
against the law. When legislators arc dis
cussing the merits of any statute they do
not ask, can ils provision:, he executed? Will
this law be popular? Will it he agreeable
lo the officers of justice to enforce it?—
There is hut one question which they should
consider: Does the public good demand
such a law ? We are here to legislate for
the protection of ihe people from injustice
and sufferin'*—will such a result be in any
way attaint dby the passage of this law ? If
these o -quiries can be answered affirmative
ly their duty is plain. If the possibility of
its being evaded be any solid argument
against any law, there would be found very
few laws upon our statute books. The
sophistry and ingenuity of skillful counsel
are every day evading the plainest statutes.
Men steal, commit perjury, murder, and nu
merous other offences against society, which
are prohibited in terms as explicit as lan
guage can devise ; and juries are bringing
in verdicts of not guilty. We. have more to
say upon this subject; but we shall not
trouble our readers longer at the present
tin e.
E>ress Regalia.
The order is respectfully referred to the
article fro n Chattaho n hee Division, in
another part of our paper. We learn that the
proposed measure was unanimously adopt
ed by the Division, under the conviction
that it was called for by the circumstances
jof the times, and that, at many points, it
I would greatly enhance the interest of the
order. It is very probable, it is true, that
: in some localities, the necessity for a Dress
j Regalia will not be apparent, as it is in Co
j lumbus and in many other places; and that,
in consequence, the proposed charge may
| not meet with that favor that its friends
could wish; but wherever there exist other
nourishing societies, as is the case in many
! places, the necessity will be felt.
It is not uncommon for other societies to
j unite in public celebration, & wherever Ihe
; Bons have a competition of this character to
| contend with, their numbers are always re-
I duced by our members prefering to appear
in the ranks of these different societies.—
! These are some of the reasons that have
• originated this project by Chattahoochee Di
! vision. They ara plausible, to say the
least, and we commend them to the eonsid
j oration of the order throughout the State.
S. ?I. Hewlett.
The Newark, N. J. Eagle, of the 20th
Aug. says, the Temperance meeting in that
city on ihe 19th, was one of the most nu
merous gatherings of the people that ever
assembled together in that city. At least
four thousand persons were present, a largo •
majority of whom were attracted together
by the announcement, that Mr. Samuel M.
Hewlett, formerly of that city, was to
speak on the occasion. The performance of
Mr. Hewlett is spoken of in. very high terms -
of appi ob it ion